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Staffie DeMay
(Obituary ~ 01/06/11)
Nov. 16, 1913--Dec. 31, 2010 HELENA, Montana -- Staffie DeMay was born Nov. 16, 1913, and passed from the loving arms of her family into the loving arms of the Lord on Dec. 31, 2010. At 97, she had been amazingly healthy until the week preceding her passing. She proudly lived to see four generations...
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Lester 'Ivan' Boman
(Obituary ~ 01/06/11)
May 24, 1931--Jan. 4, 2011 BRIDGEPORT, Nebraska -- Lester "Ivan" Boman, 79, formerly of Bridgeport, passed away Tuesday (Jan. 4, 2011), at the Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. Lester, the son of Lester Earl and Dora Opal (Stites) Boman, was born May 24, 1931, in Bridgeport. ...
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Wright Birthday
(Birthdays ~ 01/06/11)
The family of Irene (DeHart) Wright of Palisade, Nebraska is requesting a card shower in honor of her 85th birthday, Jan. 7. She was born Jan. 7, 1926 in Iola, Kansas. Family includes her husband, Loran Wright of Palisade; daughter, Bonnie and husband, Lloyd Johnson; granddaughter, Shannon Johnson, all of Ogallala, Nebraska; and grandson, Mike Johnson of Hartington, Nebraska. Cards of congratulations will reach her at P.O. Box 333, Palisade, Nebraska 69040...
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Public hearing set to discuss home wind turbines in ag zoning
(Local News ~ 01/06/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Planning Commission will host a public hearing Monday, 5:15 p.m., at council chambers to consider zoning ordinance changes that would allow individual domestic wind turbines in an Agriculture District. According to the meeting agenda, city staff has found that jurisdictions throughout the country are allowing the use of domestic use wind turbines predominantly in agriculture zones, where setbacks, visibility issues and noise to neighbors are less of a concern...
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Swearing in
(Local News ~ 01/06/11)
Red Willow County, Nebraska, Clerk Magistrate Kathy Jones, right, finishes administering the oath of office this morning to new and returning county officials, from left: Sheriff Gene Mahon, Commissioner Earl McNutt, Clerk of the District Court Beverly Dodge, Treasurer Marleen Garcia, "newbie" Commissioner Vesta Dack, Clerk Pauletta Gerver, Attorney Paul Wood, Assessor Sandra Kotschwar and Surveyor Gary Dicenta. (Connie Jo Discoe/McCook Daily Gazette)...
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Tires vandalized
(Local News ~ 01/06/11)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Police Department received approximately 40 complaints of vehicles having a tire or tires slashed overnight in an area west of West Fifth Street and north of J Street. Witness reports have been received that two people wearing dark colored hoodies were in the area of the crimes during the same timeframe...
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Hospital addition important investment in region's future
(Editorial ~ 01/06/11)
You've probably noticed the new structure on McCook's eastern horizon, the new 25-bed patient wing at Community Hospital. If not, you're sure to notice the large white tent that was to be raised today in preparation for Sunday's grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony...
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Misleading readers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/06/11)
The Nebraska State Education Association is really misleading readers with the old adage that to "cut education" is to hurt our children. The problem with education, is that it needs more than cuts to feel the pain. It needs flat-out reform from the top down...
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The winter 'Wow' factor
(Column ~ 01/06/11)
Wow, busy week, let's get started. On Monday, Jan. 3, Earth was at its closest approach to the sun for the year. Now, I can hear you. "If it was so close, why was it so cold outside?" Well, let's remember that pesky 23.5-degree tilt of Earth's axis...
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Marion W. Nelsen
(Obituary ~ 01/06/11)
May 11, 1917--Dec. 20, 2010 CURTIS, Nebraska -- Marion W. Nelsen, 93, died Dec. 20, 2010. He was born May 11,1917, to Peter C. and Anna Elsie (Rossen) Nelsen on a farm north of Curtis. As a small child the family moved to a farm south of Curtis where he attended country school and then graduated from the Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis in 1937...
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Bison matmen split Kansas dual meets
(High School Sports ~ 01/06/11)
OBERLIN, Kansas -- The McCook Bison prep wrestling team got off to an uncharacteristic slow start Tuesday, Jan. 4, in a triangular meet with two Kansas opponents. The Bison dropped their opening contest to Phillipsburg, Kansas, 51-20, before finding a higher gear and winning their first dual meet of the season with a 40-33 victory over host Decatur Community of Oberlin...
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